25.5005, Support: Hungarian; General Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Pragmatics, Semantics, Syntax / Germany

Wed Dec 10 05:18:28 UTC 2014

LINGUIST List: Vol-25-5005. Wed Dec 10 2014. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 25.5005, Support: Hungarian; General Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Pragmatics, Semantics, Syntax / Germany

Moderators: Damir Cavar, Indiana U <damir at linguistlist.org>
            Malgorzata E. Cavar, Indiana U <gosia at linguistlist.org>

Reviews: reviews at linguistlist.org
Anthony Aristar <aristar at linguistlist.org>
Helen Aristar-Dry <hdry at linguistlist.org>
Sara Couture, Indiana U <sara at linguistlist.org>

Homepage: http://linguistlist.org

Do you want to donate to LINGUIST without spending an extra penny? Bookmark
the Amazon link for your country below; then use it whenever you buy from
Amazon!

USA: http://www.amazon.com/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=linguistlist-20
Britain: http://www.amazon.co.uk/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=linguistlist-21
Germany: http://www.amazon.de/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=linguistlistd-21
Japan: http://www.amazon.co.jp/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=linguistlist-22
Canada: http://www.amazon.ca/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=linguistlistc-20
France: http://www.amazon.fr/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=linguistlistf-21

For more information on the LINGUIST Amazon store please visit our
FAQ at http://linguistlist.org/amazon-faq.cfm.

Editor for this issue: Danuta  Allen <danuta at linguistlist.org>
================================================================

Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated
from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:
          http://multitree.linguistlist.org/

Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 00:16:54
From: Juliana Diner [juliana.diner at uni-bielefeld.de]
Subject: Hungarian; General Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Pragmatics, Semantics, Syntax: PhD Student, Bielefeld University, Germany

E-mail this message to a friend:
http://linguistlist.org/issues/emailmessage/verification.cfm?iss=25-5005.html&submissionid=35988557&topicid=12&msgnumber=1
 Institution/Organization: Bielefeld University 
Department: Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies 
Web Address: http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/%28en%29/lili/startseite/fakultaet.html 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research,Teaching,Project Work

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Pragmatics; Syntax 

Required Language(s): Hungarian (hun)

Description:

The research group 'General Linguistics' (GL) in the Department of Linguistics at Bielefeld University, Germany,Prof. Dr. Stavros Skopeteas, is seeking a PhD candidate for a project position (research assistant). GL specializes in the development of methods for cross-linguistic comparison, in particular for testing relevant theoretical questions under consideration of language diversity. 

The announced position is part of the project 'Focus and thematic role assignment: a comparison of Hungarian and German' ('Fokus und thematische Rollenzuweisung') in cooperation with the research group 'Language and Cognition' at the Department of Linguistics and the Cognitive Interaction Technology Excellence Center. The project is part of the program of emphasis of the German Research Council (DFG) 'XPrag: New Pragmatic Theories.'

Project targets:
The successful candidate will contribute to the development of a precise pragmatic account on the role of focus as a cue for the disambiguation of thematic roles. 
For this purpose, s/he is expected to conduct eye-tracking studies on language acquisition of Hungarian focus. These studies will lead to an account of the acquisition of information structure and the critical pragmatic competences that underlie focus-to-role inferences. 

We seek applicants for the following position:
1 PhD position
E 13 TV-L (50%)
The position is for 3 years (starting date: 1.4.2015).

Requirements: 
The applicant should have:
- Master's degree in Linguistics or equivalent qualification;
Further relevant qualifications:
- focus on Syntax or theoretically oriented Semantics/Pragmatics; 
- experience with or interest for experimental work and Language Acquisition; 
- knowledge of Hungarian. 

Duties and Responsibilities:
- The candidate will be expected to undertake a PhD degree within the context of the project, design, implement, and analyze experiments with Hungarian native speakers in the context of the project. S/he will also be expected to write up the results for publication. 
- The candidate will participate in the activities of the research groups 'General Linguistics' and 'Language and Cognition' at Bielefeld University. Some contribution to administration of the project and teaching (max. 2 hours per term week) may be required.

How to apply:
Applicants should submit relevant documents (application, curriculum vitae, list of publications) as a single pdf file via E-Mail to: Juliana Diner (E-Mail: juliana.diner at uni-bielefeld.de).
For full consideration please submit your application by the application deadline (see below).

We welcome applications from persons with disabilities. We particularly welcome applications from women. Given equal suitability, qualifications and professional achievement, women will be given preference unless particular circumstances pertaining to a male applicant predominate. 

Application Deadline: 04-Jan-2015 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Juliana Diner 
	Bielefeld University, Fakultät für Linguistik und Literaturwissenschaft 
	Postfach 10 01 31 
	Bielefeld 33501 
	Germany 

Contact Information: 
	Juliana Diner 
	juliana.diner at uni-bielefeld.de  

----------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-25-5005	
----------------------------------------------------------
Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated
from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:
          http://multitree.linguistlist.org/